Category Archives: Decatur Radio
Illini's Smith Encourages Players To Be Socially Active
(Urbana, IL) -- University of Illinois football coach Lovie Smith says he tells his players to speak their minds and express their opinions. But the coach isn't saying anything specific about players ...
Sep 27, 2017

New DUI Law Would Have Parents Pick Up Underage Suspects
(Springfield, IL) -- Jailers in Illinois can now keep people in jail till they sober up, even if they could bond out on a DUI charge. Governor Rauner yesterday signed a new law called Conor's Law, nam...
Sep 27, 2017 Jim Bowen / CC

November Hearing For First Whiteside County Teen For Adult Charges
(Morrison, IL) -- A judge will decide in November if the first of two Whiteside County teens charged with murder will be tried as an adult. The judge yesterday set a hearing for November 21st for 15-y...
Sep 27, 2017 826 PARANORMAL / CC

Sport's News On September 26, 2017
>>Cowboys Storm Past Cardinals (Glendale, AZ) -- The Cowboys pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 28-17 win over the Cardinals on "Monday Night Football." Dak Prescott accounted for three tou...
Sep 26, 2017

Lawmakers Send Controversial Abortion Bill To Governor
(Springfield, IL) -- Conservatives are keeping a close eye on Governor Bruce Rauner. The Democratic-controlled legislature yesterday sent the governor a controversial abortion plan. The proposed law w...
Sep 26, 2017 Justin Brockie / CC

Kenneka Jenkins' Mom: End Protests
(Chicago, IL) -- The mother of the Chicago teen who died in a hotel freezer says she wants protestors to stop marching in her daughter's name. Kenneka Jenkins' mother, Tereasa Martin, yesterday said o...
Sep 26, 2017 Roman Boed / CC
Republicans Pitch Illinois Higher Ed Changes
(Normal, IL) -- A pair of Republican lawmakers from university communities in the state say they have a plan to keep Illinois students in Illinois. State Rep. Dan Brady and State Senator Chapin Rose y...
Sep 26, 2017

Sport's News On September 25, 2017
>>Bears Stun Steelers In OT (Chicago, IL) -- Jordan Howard ran in for a game-winning, 19-yard touchdown midway through overtime as the Bears stunned the Steelers 23-17 at Soldier Field. Howard h...
Sep 25, 2017

Three Dead, 34 Wounded In Chicago Shootings
(Chicago, IL) -- The weekend death toll stands at three after another violent weekend in Chicago. Police say three people died and 31 others were shot between Friday afternoon and late last night. "Th...
Sep 25, 2017 Roman Boed / CC

Costs Pushing Some Police Departments To Stop Using Body Cameras
(Rossville, IL) -- It's not the cost of the cameras that have police departments across Illinois looking to drop body cams. It's the cost of storing the video. A number of police departments, includin...
Sep 25, 2017 G20 Voice / CC






